2007 Toyota Corolla VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

WE HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. WE HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY USING OUR CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN WE CAME TO THE EXIT, MY HUSBAND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND WE STOPPED AT THE LIGHT. WE WERE SITTING THERE WITH THE ENGINE IDLING, MY HUSBAND'S FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE MOTOR ROARED AND THE CAR BEGAN TO SURGE FORWARD. HE STEPPED HARD ON THE BRAKE AND IT STOPPED. SCARED US TO SAY THE LEAST. IT HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN, BUT SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE ON THE HIGHWAY, WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON AND IT ACCELERATES, IT WILL NOT BACK OFF AND THE CAR WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE UNTIL WE STEP ON THE BRAKE. IF YOU STEP ON THE BRAKE AND DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL THE ACCELERATION WILL STOP. IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT INCIDENTS WE FELT WE SHOULD REPORT THESE INCIDENTS. WE READ THE REPORT ON THE RUNAWAY PRIUS AND THAT YOU COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE INCIDENT. I AM CONVINCED, BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE INCIDENT. WE FEEL STRONGLY, BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR OWN VEHICLE THAT IT IS A COMPUTER/ELECTRICAL PROBLEM OF SOME SORT AND THAT IT COULD BE CONNECTED TO THE CRUISE CONTROL. AS I SAID IT HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN, BUT I WONDER IF IT WILL AT SOME POINT. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE THAT NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF US OR WE WOULD HAVE HIT THEM. *TR

APPROXIMATELY JAN 26, 2010 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA ENGINE ACCELERATED UP TO APPROXIMATELY 7000 RPMS WHILE MY WIFE'S FOOT WAS ON BRAKE ONLY, CAR WAITING FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES AT TRAFFIC LIGHT. CAR WAS TURNED OFF. CAR TOWED TO TOYOTA DEALER, DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG, NOTHING DONE. FEB 12, 2010 AGAIN THE CAR WAS IDLING, WAITING FOR TRAFFIC TO CLEAR, TO MAKE RIGHT TURN. THIS TIME ENGINE STARTED WILDLY ACCELERATING AS SOON AS MY WIFE GAVE CAR A LITTLE GAS, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD RAPIDLY, SHE HIT ANOTHER CAR, CAUSED DAMAGE TO BOTH CARS, NO INJURIES. CAR ENGINE RACED VERY FAST AGAIN JUST AFTER ACCIDENT. CAR TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP FOR BODY WORK ONLY. FEB 24 JUST AFTER CAR PICKED UP AT BODY SHOP, CAR WAS WAITING IN TRAFFIC TO MAKE LEFT TURN, FOOT ON BRAKE, ENGINE ACCELERATED UP TO 7000 RPM AGAIN, CAR TURNED OFF, TOWED BACK TO TOYOTA DEALER. IT STILL SITS THERE TODAY, MARCH 15. DEALER WILL NOT LOOK AT CAR, NATIONAL TOYOTA TECH TEAM SAYS THEY WILL CALL TO SET UP APPOINTMENT TO LOOK AT CAR, MAYBE CALL THIS COMING WEEK, MAY NOT EVEN START LOOKING AT CAR FOR SEVERAL MORE WEEKS. WE HAVE NOT HAD USE OF CAR FOR ONE MONTH, TOYOTA IS CONVINCED NOTHING IS WRONG, CAR IS NOT RECALLED, TOYOTA SEEMS DETERMINED TO PROVE CAR PROBLEM DID NOT CAUSE ACCIDENT, SHOW NO CONCERN FOR WHAT IS CAUSING PROBLEM. WE HAVE EXTENDED WARRENTY, BUT CAR IS NOT GETTING FIXED, WE CAN NOT GET RENTAL CAR WHILE CAR IS IN SHOP BECAUSE TOYOTA IS NOT BEING FIXED. CAR SEEMS TO BE EXCELLENT CANIDATE FOR STUDIES, SINCE IT HAS HAD 3 SUDDEN ACCELERATIONS IN A SHORT TIME, TWO OF THEM INVOLVING FOOT ON BRAKE, NOT ACCELERATOR, POINTS TO SOFTWARE PROBLEM. TOYOTA ACTS LIKE THEY DO NOT WANT SOFTWARE PROBLEM TO BE FOUND. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT RENTED A 2009 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE DRIVER STATED THAT THE RENTAL COMPANY TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO WORRY SINCE THEY RECENTLY HAD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL RECALL REPAIR PERFORMED. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,800.

MY WIFE WAS DROPPING OFF OUR CHILDREN AT OUR NEIGHBORS HOUSE (WHERE THEY CATCH THE SCHOOL BUS) AND WHEN SHE TURNED THE CAR AROUND IN THEIR DRIVEWAY IT UNEXPECTATLY TOOK OFF ON HER. OUR COROLLA CRASHED INTO OUR NEIGHBORS LARGE SUV WHICH WAS NO MORE THAN 10 FEET OR SO IN FRONT OF THE COROLLA AND PUSHED IT THROUGH THE WALL IN THEIR GARAGE. THE COROLLA, THEIR SUV, AND THE WALL OF THEIR GARAGE WERE ALL DAMAGED (ABOUT $8,000 TOTAL). *TR

THERE ARE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES WHICH COMPELS ME TO WRITE THIS COMPLAIN FORM. IT IS ABOUT A 2007 COROLLA WHICH I OWN. I WAS EXPERIENCING ACCELERATION PROBLEM ABOUT THIS CAR. TO PUT IT MORE PRECISELY THE CAR HAS A TENDENCY TO ACCELERATE AT DIFFERENT RATE. I AM SURE IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF CHANGING SHIFTS BECAUSE I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER COROLLA OF THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL. AT FIRST WHEN I START THE CAR AND SHIFT TO DRIVE MORE THE CAR HAS A TENDENCY TO JUMP WHICH IS MORE LIKE WHEN YOU CHANGE A MOTORCYCLE GEAR WITHOUT CLUTCHING. AND WHILE I ACCELERATE, SOMETIMES THE GAS PEDAL JUST GOES DOWN BUT THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE. WHEN I EXPERIENCED THIS I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT IT WAS NOT A PROBLEM OF THE CAR BUT IT IS HOW SOME COMPUTER CHIP IN THE CAR BEHAVES. THIS WAS IN 2008. IN 2009, I DOUBT GAINED STRENGTH WHEN I WAS TAKING MY COUSIN SISTER AND HER FRIEND TO MY COUSINS WEDDING. I WAS DRIVING THROUGH THE LEVELED ROAD IN INTESTATE HIGHWAY AND THEY EVEN RAISED THE QUESTION THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. STILL I EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM. THOUGH I BELIEVE THAT ITS A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM BECAUSE THE EXPERIENCE WHICH I HAVE WITH ONE CAR IS UNUSUAL COMPARED TO THE OTHER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH FROM THE RESIDENCE DRIVEWAY. UNEXPECTEDLY, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD INTO A DITCH. THE ENGINE EXHIBITED A LIGHT SMOKE. THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITH MODERATE FORCE AND CAUSED MINOR INJURY TO THE OCCUPANT. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE FRONT END DAMAGES WERE SEVERE AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT A COST OF $8,000. THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED ON A SEPARATE OCCASION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,558. THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 29, 2009. THE CONSUMER WAS PARALLEL PARKING AND ONCE AGAIN, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD SUDDENLY AN ONLY BY TROUNCING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH BOTH FEET SHE WAS ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP, NARROWLY AVOIDING A COLLISION. THE CONSUMER VISITED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED AN ADVISORY HAD BEEN ISSUED BY TOYOTOA ABOUT POTENTIAL PROBLEMS AND THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS REPLACED IN THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, PRIOR TO THE SECOND INCIDENT, THE CONSUMER CONTACTED AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE UNLESS SHE SAW A RED LIGHT. UPDATED 03/12/10. UPDATED 04/16/10. *LJUPDATED CONSUMER LETTER 09/14/10*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT APPROX 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND LURCH FORWARD SUDDENLY AND REPEATEDLY. SHE PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE ECM COMPONENT. SHE HAD NOT NOTICED ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE SINCE THE REPAIR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 23,500. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 18,939. UPDATED 03/24/10 *BF UPDATED 07/19/10*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT STATED AS SHE WAS DRIVING AT 20 MPH WITH HER FOOT ON THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO THE MAXIMUM RPM, HOWEVER SHE DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT. THE CONTACT PUT THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND SHE TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AS IT WAS STILL RACING AT THE MAXIMUM RPM. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BECAUSE SHE PRESSED ON BOTH THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME. THE CONTACT STATED SHE SENT A LETTER TO THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURER AND HAD NOT RECEIVED AN ANSWER BACK AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000. UPDATED 03/17/10. *LJ UPDATED 05/05/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE GOING AROUND A CURVE THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK. THE CONSUMER INSISTED THE FLOOR MATS HAD NOTHING TO WITH THE ACCELERATOR BEING STUCK. UPDATED 05/06/10*JB

I WAS IN THE DRIVE THROUGH LINE AT MCDONALD'S IN MADISON GEORGIA. AFTER PAYING FOR MY ORDER, I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR TO MOVE UP TO THE NEXT WINDOW AND "ZOOM" MY CAR ACCELERATED AND REAR ENDED A TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME. MY PASSENGER NOR I WERE INJURED, JUST SHAKEN UP A BIT. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE EVEN AFTER RUNNING INTO THE TRUCK. I TURNED OFF THE CAR TO STOP THE ACCELERATION. THIS INCIDENT HAS ONLY OCCURRED ONCE. HOWEVER, THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT PUSHES OFF QUICKLY MOST OF THE TIME. AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH MY ENTIRE FRONT END WAS DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED. THE TOYOTA REPAIRMAN TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THE CAR TO ACCELERATE. THEY FIX THE DAMAGE CAUSE BY THE CRASH. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS AND UNEXPECTEDLY, THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF ACCELERATION. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE SURGED AND THE ENGINE IDLED EXCESSIVELY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON TEN SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURES AND THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FLOOR MAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION AND WAS TRADED IN FOR A NEW 2008 VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT NO LONGER OWNS A THE VEHICLE.

I HAVE A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA WHICH UPON CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATION AND/OR REACTIVATION SPEEDS UP TO DESIRED SPEED (NORMAL) BUT THEN FEELS AS IF IT IS STUCK IN THE ACCELERATE MODE AND WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE UNTIL IT FINALLY THUMPS OR THUDS INTO CRUISE. I'VE NOTICED THIS ABOUT 90% OF THE TIME WHEN I IMPOSE CC. I HAVE DONE NOTHING TO ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR

WE HAVE TWO TOYOTAS,A 2006 CAMRY LE AND A 2007 COROLLA. IN BOTH CASES IN THE LAST MONTH WE HAVE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN SURGES WHILE THE CARS WERE IN GEAR BUT COMPLETELY STOPPED. IN THE FIRST,THE 2006 CAMRY MADE A SUDDEN SURGE AHEAD WHILE WAITING AT AN INTERSECTION. IT LASTED ONLY A BRIEF MOMENT BUT IT WAS QUITE NOTICEABLE. I REPORTED IT TO OUR TOYOTA DEALER RIGHT AWAY AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT ONE OF THE RECALLED VEHICLES. THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE SERVICE DEPT. SEEMED UNCONCERNED EVEN THOUGH I INSISTED ON THE SERIOUSNESS OF IT. THE SECOND OCCURRED THIS LAST WEEK AND WAS FAR MORE SERIOUS. WHILE AWAITING AT A STOP SIGN THE CAR BEGAN TO REV TREMENDOUSLY AND THE RPMS SHOT INTO THE RED ZONE. I HAD MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE AND IMMEDIATELY PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL BEFORE SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE ENTIRELY. I RE STARTED THE ENGINE SHORTLY AND NO FURTHER PROBLEMS RESULTED THAT DAY. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE SAME DEALER AND DETAILED THE EVENT TO THE SERVICE DEPT.. I WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN IMMEDIATELY,WHICH I DID.THIS ONE WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY DID A CODE CHECK ON IT AND FOUND NOTHING AMISS. I KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG! I WROTE TO TOYOTA'S WEBSITE BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE OTHER THAN THEY WOULD LOOK INTO THE FIRST REPORT FILED AFTER THE INCIDENT WITH THE 2007 CAMRY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHEN SHE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE. THE RPMS RAPIDLY INCREASED AND NEARLY CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,667.

IN JANUARY 2007 I RECEIVED DELIVERY ON A NEW 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. IN THE WEEKS FOLLOWING DELIVERY I EXPERIENCED WHAT I WOULD DESCRIBE AS A STUCK ACCELERATOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I WOULD BE DRIVING AND WITHOUT APPARENT REASON THE VEHICLE ENGINE WOULD RACE. FOLLOWING THESE OCCASIONS I WOULD CHECK TO SEE IF THE MAT WAS ON THE ACCELERATOR, BUT COULD NOT ATTRIBUTE THE INCIDENT SPECIFICALLY TO THAT. I REPORTED THESE INCIDENTS TO MY DEALER, PAPAS TOYOTA, IN ST. PETERS, MO, AND THEY REPORTED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. AFTER THE FIRST FEW MONTHS, THE INCIDENTS SEEMED TO STOP. BECAUSE OF THE RECENT SIMILAR ISSUES WITH TOYOTA VEHICLES, I BELIEVE THAT THE 2007 MODEL TOYOTA SHOULD ALSO BE EVALUATED.*CW *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE ENGINE RACED WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS BEING DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT; THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE AND THE RPMS INCREASED. WHEN THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN, IT PERFORMED CORRECTLY. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 25,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, CRASHED INTO A CURB AND NEARLY HIT THE PASSENGER THE DRIVER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP PRIOR TO SHIFTING INTO PARK GEAR WHEN IT ACCELERATED. THE DRIVER WAS FORCED TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING. THE FAILURE HAS ALSO PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 57,645. UPDATED 4/13/10 *CN THE CONSUMER PULLED TO A STOP IN A PARKING SPACE AT A CURB WHERE SHE WAS MEETING A FREIND WHO WAITING ON THE SIDEWALK. SHE BRAKED TO STOP AT THE CURB BUT HAD NOT SHIFTED INTO PARK , WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITH NO WARNING. UPDATED 07/01/10.*JB

2007 TOYOTA COROLLA SE SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THIS HAPPENED 3 TIMES BETWEEN AUG. 07 TO JAN 08. I WAS ABLE TO BRAKE FIRMLY, WHILE THE ENGINE REVVED UP, BUT DID NOT LURCH TOO FAR AHEAD. DEALER(CANADIAN) WAS NOTIFIED AND SAID THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY LOOKED AT THE CAR TWICE BUT DIDN'T OFF ANY EXPLANATION. THE CAR HAS BEEN OK. SINCE JAN. 08 NOTE DATE IS APPROXIMATE IN AUG. 08. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE REVERSING OUT OF HIS DRIVE-WAY THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BACKWARDS WITHOUT INTENTION. AFTER REPEATED BRAKE APPLICATION HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 7,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 12,000. UPDATED 12/30/09 *BF UPDATED 12/30/09

WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDAL THE CAR CONTINUED FORWARD AS THOUGH MY FOOT WAS STILL FEEDING GAS. AS A RESULT I HIT A PARKED CAR NEXT TO THE SLOT I WAS TRYING TO PULL INTO. NO DAMAGE TO THE CAR I HIT BUT $2500 ESTIMATE FOR BODY REPAIR TO THE CAR I WAS DRIVING. I HAVE HAD INFREQUENT SIMILAR EXPERIENCES WITH THIS CAR, BUT ALWAYS IN THE PAST IT HAS BEEN MOMENTARY AND INCONSEQUENTIAL CAR WILL BE REPAIRED AND IS BEING TAKEN IN TO SERVICE FOR CORRECTION OF THE PROBLEM DESCRIBED ABOVE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 TOYOTA COROLLA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK THE VEHICLE, IT SURGED FORWARD AND CAUSED A MINOR CRASH. ONE YEAR LATER, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE UPHILL WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STRUCK A METAL POST. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS BEFORE THE FAILURES OCCURRED. SHE IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,500 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 2,700. *ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SHOP GETTING AN OIL CHANGE. THE MECHANIC ASKED THE CONTACT TO DRIVE ONTO PLATFORM AND THE CONTACT STATES THE VEHICLE OVER ACCELERATED AND HIT A POST.*SMCH